I made apple sauce with my friend Shelly. She has a second hand Squeezo church memebers bought for her at Shipshawana. The Squeezo is a wonderful machine that seprates the skin and seeds from the apple pulp.
The most difficult task was cutting the apples into fourths, and removing the stems and blossom ends. Also, these apples needed a little more work to remove bruises.
The same church member that bought Shelly the Squeezo also carved her a plunger made from a maple branch. The end of the plunger is beautifully stained by the apple juices. It is a real treasure from the heart of a wonderful man.
I got twenty six jars of sauce. I feel so rich! The apples were organic! They came from yet another church member. There were Granny Smith, Macantosh, and (we think) Ida Reds. The sauce is sugar free and has a pretty pink tinge.
It has been a remarkable year for tree fruit. I'm sorry I missed out on canning peaches and pears. The March warm stretch and subsequent frost to blossoms in 2012, was nature's way of pruning for vigorous growth in 2013. Prosperity!
I asked for an early prayer of thanksgiving for God's blessing of this years harvest. My pastor was happy to give that prayer.
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